My Mouse from Microsoft

As far as tools go, I am really picky. Really, really picky. For a long time I had the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 which is a lot like a wireless mouse with a touchpad on top of it. But it’s mouse shaped and full size. I liked it just fine. Unfortunately the little bumpers on the bottom wore off and it started dragging on surfaces. Logitech promptly responded to my warranty claim but I was on a campout with the kids and didn’t research my options well enough (the Touch Mouse wasn’t available any more). So they sent me the Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse T630. I hated it. It’s meant to be a ‘mobile’ mouse for use with laptops and such. But I have big hands (I think they’re normal size) and this felt like moving a pink eraser around on my desk- Ultrathin isn’t an exagerration. It’s so thin that it doesn’t have space for batteries. You have to plug it in via usb just to charge it. Words fail me.

It has a physical scroll wheel which annoyed me after the Touch Mouse. But I got used to it. For maybe a day it felt odd. But it really does feel natural. My hand feels relaxed when I use it- it’s just the right shape. Now to be clear, this is not the Sculpt Comfort mouse- accept no substitutes! Sculpt Ergonomic mouse is what you want.

Of course, I’m using it with Ubuntu. That blue Windows button on it activates the Dash just like a regular Windows key. The other button works too. The only thing that occasionally goes wrong is that the scrolling gets weird- scrolling way too many lines at a time. It feels like you’re jumping to a completely different part of the document. Dual-booting to Windows might be what sets this off. Anyway, the fix is really simple. Just unplug the USB dongle. Not the mouse power- just unplug the dongle, wait for a bit, and plug it back in. The scroll settings will be reset and you’re back to work.